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CHECK PRIJNTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 15. 1904. I

PATENTED JAN. 8, 1907.

o. E. BRIGHAM. CHECK PRINTING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.15.1904.

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PA'IBNTED JANf-, 1907.

No. 840,471. o. E. BNIGHAM.

CHECK PRINTING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED AUG. 15, 1904.

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Be it known that I, OSCAR E. -BnIGHAM,

UNITED sTATEs PATENT QEEIGE.

CHECK-PRINTING MACHINE? i No. 840,471.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 8, 1907. v

Application filed August 15, 1904. Serial No. 220,809.

a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the borough of Manhattan,

county and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Check-Printing Machines, of which the 'following is a specification.

My invention relates to a new and improved machine for recording and checking accounts, and is designed particularly for use in large restaurants and-hotels, although it is well adapted `for use in `dry-goods and department-storeswhere numbers of salesmen are employed and where it 'is desired to keep track of the amount of each kind of article sold and by whom in such form as to be readily accessible. v A V In use in restaurants my machine is adapted to record the articles of food, wine, cigars, &c., supplied and to which waiters they are supplied and to record such information not, only on a permanent recordgn such form as to be readily accessible for takingaccount of stock, but also to record the same infomation upon la check which the waiter may present as an order for food, wine, cigars, &c., and which will serve as a voucher for the person supplying such articles and simultaneously to record the same information upon the waiters check which serves as the guests bill.

It has been found in large restaurants and hotels that large amounts of food, particularly of the higher-priced sorts, whichare supplied to waiters have been purloined, many of the orders being fictitious, and great difficulty is experienced in tracingthe food so purloined to the guilty Waiter, and it has frequently happened that food has disapeared from the kitchen and it lWas impossible to tell whether it had been supplied to a waiter or purloined. Many plans have been devised to prevent this, none of which, so far as I am aware, have been Satisfact-o The object of my invention, therdfbre, is to provide a machine which shall be simple in operation and which will rint upon a permanent lrecord in the mac ine the number of the waiter for Whom the article is desired, the number of the order for that particular wait-er, and the price (which indicates the quantity) of the particular article ordered in -a column appropriated exclusively to that article and at the same time will print upon a duplicate check the same information and left side than the right, the front part of the Y upon the check or guests bill presented by the Waiter a description of the food ordered and of the price as the same appear upon the permanent record or checkers sheet in the 6o machine and will thereby constitute a check upon the waiter, as well as upon the kitchen, and will enable the amount of any particular food remaining in the kitchen to e known A at any time by simply inspecting the printed 6 checkers` sheet and subtracting the quantity sold from the quantity purchased. To effect this object, I have provided my machine with a suitable roll having wound u on it the er- `manent record or checkers s eet, whic is 7o not accessible to any unauthorized person, and the record upon wnich consequently cannot bechanged, and also with a similar roll containing duplicate checks, which are,

adapted to be removed as printed, together Awith the waiters check, and which records I have designated as follows: The ermanent record, which remains in the mac ine, .I call the fcheckerssheetj the duplicate ada ted to be sepirated afterprinting I call the duf 87o plicate c ec and the guests bill or original l`order presented by the waiter I call the check p In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 illustrates a plan view of my machine with a portion of the upper'p art of the casing broken away and a portion ofthe checkers sheet also broken away; Fig. 2, a transverse vertical section taken on the line fc, Fig. l; Fig.

3, a similar section taken on lthe line y y, 9o

Fig. l; Fig. 4, a transverse vertical sectionv taken on the line e '2, Fig.A 5; Fig. 5, an eleva.

- tion, partly in section, of part of the mechlan-iL ism to the left of the line y y, Fig. l, broken.

Fig. 6 is a detail view, partly in section, ofthe 95 inner end of the printing-levers, showing l means for controlling the printing-wheel whichv rints the names of articles on the check, ig. 9. Fig. 7 is a detail view, partly 1n section,` on the line z z of Fig. 1 of the duioo plicate-check-feeding mechanism. Fig. 8 is a plan view of the checkers sheet; and Figs. 9 and 10, similar views of the check and duplicate check, respectively.

My -macluneis inclosed in a suitable casin l, which maybe constructed of cast-iron an in which for convenience I prefer to place a top 2, of suitable transparent material, such as glass. This may be placed over the check-l ers ,sheet and other parts as well, if desired. rio p 'Ihe top ofthe casing is much lower on the rear, as seen in Fig. 2.

ing in L-shape normally pressed against-feed-rolls 6.

`checks of 'any particular waiter.

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top of the said left side/being lower than the The check is laced upon a carriage 3, sliddjways 175, Fig. 5, .and is provided with wings or flanges 4, vadapted to pass between feed-rolls 5 and 6, Fig. 2. Rolls .5 are'carried by arms 163, which are keyed upon a shaft 162 and have forwardly-extending lugs receiving one end of a spiral ro compression-spring by which thev rolls 5' are The eheck,1Fig. 9, is provided with notches T7 and 8. The notch 7 at the leftfof the check controls mechanism by which the waiters number isprinted upon the checkers sheet and-duplicate check, Vand notch 8 controls similar mechanism by which'the number of the 'check is printed u on the same records. NotchS will` be varie in position upon the 2o 'edge ofA the check to correspond with the vse'- rialnumbers upon the checks, and notch .7 will be in the same position'upon all the As carriage 3, .carrying the check, is pushed forward by hand'finger 9,. carried by arm 10,

will be 'pressedagainst its under side by retraction-spring`12, secured to the bottom of the casing "1 and 'to a lug projecting' forwardly from shaft 11 ,which is 'supportedl by 3o v.brackets'173 vandf174 and to which said 'arm 1 0'iis fixed, and said'finger Qvwill enterthe notch 7'in check, ifFig. :4, 'when saidjnotch comefs'in position abovezit and 'cause rockixe'd upon'ro'ck-shaft l11 and projecting rearwardly therefrom are two printing-levers 13 .and 14,'whichlbear uponltheir-re'ar upwardly-'extending ends printing-'hammers 15'. Carriage 3 has attached to its rear end Va 4o feederack 16, meshing in pinion v17, carried bylthe shaft 18, journaled in brackets projecting=rearwardly from casing 1, Fig. 2,

l which Aalso carries'pinion V19, meshing in a "gear-wh'eel165, fixedupon a loose sleeve sur- Arounding themain printing-shaft 20,'Fig. 5. Fixcduponthe same sleeve on said shaft 20 'are the printing-wh eels 21 and 22, which bear upon their 'peripheries printing characters corresponding to 'the waiter's numbers desired to be printed andwhich are so located upon the m'ain printing-shaft as to normally presenta blank space at'the printing-point. Thisis alsotrue of lall-the printing-wheels which I make 'use of. `The wheel 21 "islo- 'cated #above lthe .hammer '15, Acarried by printin'glever 13, `and between'them is the duplicate check, so situatedfthat when the :hammerf15 of said lever 13 strikes its blow byfin'ger' 9 enteringnotch 7 the appropriate 6o number of thewaiter will be printed under theheadin'g Waiter No. in the duplicate check. Printing-wheel 22, .which -has Aa corresponding series of figures and is located over" that part of the checkers sheet entitled. "Waiter `No., will' at lthe same time 'be caused to print the same waiters Vnumber in thesaid column throughimpact of the hammer 15, carried by printing-lever 14.

The construction and operation of the mechanism for printing the check-numbers upon the duplicate check and the checkers sheet is the same as that just described for printing the waiters number. Rock-shaft 23, journaled in brackets 174, has fixed upon itl an arm 24, which terminates at its rear end in a finger 25and is so'situated as to enter notch 8 in the check. Fixed upon rock-shaft 23 are printing-'levers '26 and 27, carrying at their rear end printing-hammers 166, which are located beneath printing-wheels 28 and 29, fixed upon the loose=sleeve on shaft 20, which carries printingwheels 21 and 22 and which print 'the appropriate check-number upon the dupl-ioatecheck and the checkers sheet, respectively, upon receiving the imp act of the hammers carried by levers 26 and 27.

lIt is immaterial `which is printed first-the waiters number or the check-number. I have described first'the printing as effected by' the wheels printing the waiters number, but itis 'evident that this is controlled by the relative position of the notches 7 and 8. In the drawings,l*`ig.v 9, the notch 8 would first be operative, which wou-ld cause the printing to first take-place by wheels 28 and 29 printing the check-number.

Thefingers 9l and .25 are rounded on their upper'ends, so as to readily enter and pass out of thennotchesT-and Slin'thecheck without mutilating same. If desired, small wheels might be .provided at the upper ends of said fingers, which might more eifectually accomplish this object.

The checkis maintained in position upon the table 3 by a roll 30, Figs. 2 and-4, journaled in bearings in the casing -1,and which extends across the carriage 3 above the check thereon and adjacent tothe fingers 9 and 25.

The notched check, Fig. '9,1 bore upon its face when it was supplied to the waiter numerals indicating the number ofthe waiter and the serial number of the check. Consequently no provision is necessary-to print such numbers on said check. The numbers printed on the jduplicate check and the checkersfsheet willl be duplicates of those Iappearing on the said check, and thereby the identity of the order which-is to be entered with that appearing on the check is preserved.

on the completion of the foregoing operation the carriage 3 is pushedback to the position shown in'Fig. 2, when a'springde- 'tent`31,'Fig. 2, (shown also in dotted lines in Fig. 1,) supported by a bar extending across the under sideof the carriage 3 will enter the first of la series of equidistant holes 32, (shown 'in dotted lines in Fig. 4,) formed in the under side of 'carriage 3. rihe check is now inpositionA to. have printed' upon it th\v '1 f Y I* l IOO IIO

price ofthe article ordered; but as the mech- The checkers sheet, Fig. 8, is divided into a series of vertical columns, the first of which is entitled Serial No. This is a series of permanent numbers printed on the checkers sheet before it is placed in the machine, as shown in Fig. 1. The second and third columns are entitled, respectively, "VVaiters No. and Check No.," and the mechanism for printing the proper numbers in the columns bearing these titles has been described. Following these two columns are a number of vertical columns entitled Food, Wine, Cigars, Drinks, Oysters, &c., and the space under these titles is designed to have printed upon it in the same horizontal line in which the waiters number and check number have been printed, the price charged for the article appearing at the top of the vertical column in which said price is printed.

A. series of plungers is provided which operate the printing-wheels for printing upon thev checkers sheet the price of the articles ordered. As shown in Figs. 2 and 3, theseare arranged in three horizontal banks, and I have designated the plungers there illustrated as 33, 34, and 35. The said plungers have upon their-forward ends keys or pushbuttons which bear iigures corresponding t the various amounts desired to be printed, those in the upper bank bearing numbers from $10 to 390, inclusive, those in the middle bankbearingnumbers 100., 20c., ,(80C.7! (5406.717 ((50C'7) ((600'77) ((70C.,7} 80c., 90c., and 00c., and those in the loxver bank ($177 H352, HBS!) H34, A (ll [(55627) H557," Hs) (359,77 and 30.71 The rearward movement of these plungers is limited by a collar 37, which is` secured to the 'plungerl by a rivet onset-screw. Plungers 33, 34, and 35 are those situated at the left of the three banks of plungers and have a -corresponding amount of rearward motion,

andthe plungers situated to the right Aof 33,

34, and 35 in each bank will have a progressi ively-increasing extent of rearward motion, those plungers situated at the extreme right of each bank having the greatest extent of motion. The extent of such motion is regulated by the position of the collar 37 upon the plunger. In Fig. 1, where is illustrated the upper bank of plungers, I have designated the plunger at the extreme right as 36. It will be observed thatthe collar 37 is so situated on plunger 36 as to allow the maximum amount of rearward motion to its plunger, the corresponding collars to the left being located a progressively-diminishing distance from the bosses 33 on the casing. 1.

tical alinement.

39 designates the bosses for the second bank of plungers, and 4() a shoulder on the casing,-which forms the stop for the third bank of plungers.

Plunger 33 on its inner end bears against a rod 41, which extends across the entire space occupied by the upper -bank of' plungers and is mounted so as to swing. This rod 41 at each end is mounted in the upper arms of levers 42, which are ixedto a rock-shaft 43 and at their lower ends carry toothed segwhich engage gear-wheels 46, lixed upon the main printing-shaft 20. Therefore as the plunger 33 is pushed in the shaft 20 will be partly revolved and will cause a corresponding revolution of a series of printing-wheels 47, likewise fixed to the printing-shaft 20. There are as many of these printing-wheels 47 as there are columns upon the checkers sheet in which the price of articles is to be printed, and they bear upon their peripheries figures from 1 to 9, inclusive, and are designed to print tens of dollars. For instance, the sixth order on the checkers sheet is .Wine 311.50. The printing-WheelA 47 willby the operation of that plunger 33 having the figures 310 on its push-key be revolved so that the igure lL will be in a position to print as the iirst igure of $1 1.50 and Will be locked in such position by springpressed pawl 48, which engages in the teeth of a segmental rack 49, mounted Von rockshaft 43, as clearly seen in Fig. 3.' This segmental rack 49 may be mounted at the extreme right-hand end of the shaft 43, but is not shown in Fig. 1, being omitted Jfor the sake of clearness. It will lock in printing position all the printing-wheels printing tens of dollars.

Plunger 34,' which operates the printing- Wheels for printing dimes or multiples thereof, bears against the rod 50, which is mounted in the upper arms of levers 51, which are fixed on a rock-shaft 52. The lower ends of these levers carry toothedA segments 53, which mesh in movable 'racks 54, which at their rear ends engage the teeth of gearwheels 55, loosely mounted on a sleeve loosely carried by main printing-shaft 20. Fixed upon thegear-wheels 55 is a connecting-bar 56, which is also fixed to a series of printingwheels 57, which are loosely mounted upon a sleeve carried loosely by the printing-shaft 20. There are as many wheels 57 as there are columns containing designations of Food, Wine,7 Drinks, &c., in the checker's sheet, and they all bear the same printing characters upon their peripheries-to wit, 77 ((20 )J ((30 ((40 )l ((50 7) ((60 l, ((70 7) U80?) ((90)7 alIld HOO'H 7 v When the plunger 34 bearing the figures 500. is pushed in, the printing-wheels 57 will be revolved in the same direction which printing-wheels 47 revolve, and the ments 44. These mesh in movable racks 45,

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rearward movementof the plunger-being limited by collar 37 the printing-wheels V57 will -stop .with figures in the printing position. locked in printing position by a pawl and ratchet similar to 48 and 49, mounted on rock-shaft 52, but not shown for-'sake of clearness.

Plunger 35, which controls`the printingwheels printing units of dollars, bears on its rear end against a rod 58, which extends across and in the rear of the entire lower bank of 'plungers and which passes through levers 59, which are located at the ends of said rod. Said levers 59 are fixed on rockshaft 60, which is located above the rod 58,- and at their lower ends carry toothed segments 61, which mesh in movable racks 62, that engage gear-wheels-63, which are fixed to the sleeve on -the main printing-shaft 20, on which gear-wheels are loosely mounted.

Fixed to the gear-wheel 68 is a connecting-- bar 64, which is also fixed to each of theseries of printing-wheels 65. Each of these printing-wheels bears upon its periphery (i 1,?! ((2,1, ((3,), ((4,77 [l 5,77 l( 67!) 7, 8, 9, and 0. These printingwheels are fixed lto. the sleeves on printingshaft 20, upon which printing-wheels 57 are loosely mounted.

Upon pushing rod 35 rearwardly printingwheels65 will be partially revolved in 'a direction opposite to printing-wheels 47 and 57, the amount of revolution being limited by collar 37 on said plunger until the figure 1 is in the printingl position, in which position the said wheels are locked by a ratchet and pawl similar to 48 and 49, but fixed on rockshaft 60 and omitted for the sake of clearness.

It will beperceived that we have now setl and' locked in printing position over; theI checkers sheet the figures 11.50 in the e'ntire nineteen series of printing-wheels, each series containing one of each of the wheels 47, 65, and 57, and, that said figures can be printed in any desired column upon the checkers sheet. In thefinstance above referred to it is desired that these figures should be -printed in the column entitled Wine This is accomplished by means of a printinglever 66,which is fixed upon a rock-shaft 67, F ig.- 3, and has atits rear end 'a printinghammerl 68; By depression of the key 66 the printing-hammer 68 under the Wine column in the checkers sheet, which is betweenV the said hammer and the printingwheels, will strike the back ofthe checkers sheet and'causel the wheels 47, 65, and 57 to print 11.50, as stated.

I have stated that 68 is the printing-hammer upon the printing-lever 66, whereas Fig. 3 shows that the part there visible and designated 68 is attached to printing-lever 69, fixed upon-shaft-70.

The printing-wheels 57 will be -Thereare-V a series-of printing key-leverswhich at'- their forward -endsare provided with finger-keys 71, arranged in two horizontal rows, as shown in-Fig.4 1. These ngerkeys 71 bear the names of the-various arti-` cles printed at the head of the columns in the checkers sheet, as Food, VVine, Drinks, &c., there being as many ngerkeys 71 and-connected levers and printinghammers as there are columns in the checkers sheet in which the prices of articles are to be printed.

rlhe printing-lever 6 9 will have on its finger-key the designation Food, and printing-lever 66 will have on its finger-key uWine. Finger-key attached to lever 72 bears the word Cigars. This lever is fixed upon shaft 73. Finger-key attached to lever 74 bears-the word Drinks, and this lever is fixed upon shaft 75. Finger-key attached to lever 76 bears the word Returned, and this lever is fixed upon shaft 77. The finger-keys attached to all the other lprinting-levers between l74 and 76, fourteen in number, bear the desi ation Oysters, Soup, Fish7 &c., as t e same appear between thewords Drinks and Returned7 in the checkers sheet, and all of these printing-levers are mounted loosely uponthe Food shaft 7.0, upon which the Food lever 69 is also loosely mounted.

' The rear ends of theprinting-levers 66 69, &c., all terminate in printing-hammers, such as 68, arranged in the same horizontal and vertical planes.

I will now describe the mechanism for printing on theduplicate check, Fig. 10, which has already been printed lby my machine with the waiter number and check number.

The roll of duplicate checks before it was placed in the machine bore numbers corresponding to the serial number of the checkers sheet which was printed coincidentally with each duplicate check.v It will be observed that this contains less designations for articles ordered than does the checkers sheet, having only Food, VVinej Cigars, Drinks, and Returned The machine is so arranged, therefore, that upon the operation ofthe levers 69, 66, 72, 74, and 76, which cause the printing in the Food, VVVine, Cigars, Drinks/j and Returned columns in the checkers sheet, the same figures will be printed in the corresponding columns in the duplicate check, and upon the operation of any of the levers between levers 74 and 76 the same figures as are printed in the-appropriate columns in the checkers sheet controlled by these levers will also be printed in the duplicate check in the Food column.

KeyedA upon the shaft 20- are a series of printing-wheels 77A, five in number, each of which bears upon its periphery the-numerals IOO ros

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' mounted on main 1 to 9, inclusive, arranged in alinement with the corresponding figures upon rintin Wheels 47 and rotating in unison t erewitA and adapted to print tens lo f dollars.

Meshing with the gear-wheel 63 is a pinion 78, keyed upon a revolving counter-shaft 79, which is journaled in bearings in brackets 8O and 167 rojecting from the walls of the casing 1, `igs. 2 and 3. Keyed upon the same shaft 79 is a pinion 81, which meshes in a wheel 82, having teeth upon a portion of its periphery and fixed upon a sleeve revolubly printing-shaft 20. 'p Attached to Wheel 82 1s a connecting-bar 83, which is also attached to a series of wheels 84. Wheel 82 and wheels 84, five in all,\each have upon their peripheries the numerals 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 ,'8, 9, 0 in alinement with similar characters upon the Wheels 65 and adapted to rotate in unison therewith and to print units of dollars.

Meshing with the gear-wheel 55 is a pinion 85, keyed upon shaft 86, which is journaled in bearings in the. brackets 80 and 167. (Not shown in Fig. 1.) Keyed upon shaft 86 is a pinion 87, w ich meshes in a wheel 88, having teeth upon a ortion of its periphery and which is revolub y mounted upon the same -sleeve on main printing-shaft 2O to which wheel 82 is fixed. Attached to wheel 88 is a connectingbar 89, which is also attached to a series of rinting-wheels 90. Wheel 88 and Wheels iiave upon their peripheries figures H 10,): 20,12 HBOH 40,77 l 50,21 H60, H 70,77 80, 90, and 00, arranged in alinement with the same figures upon the printg-wheels 57 and turning in unison therewith.

Wheels 77A are adapted to print in the .space appropriated to tens of dollars, wheels 82 and 84 in the similar space for units of dollars, and wheels 88 and 90 in the space for dimes.

From the foregoing it is apparent that upon the operation of the plungers 33, 34, and 35, which bear the figures $10, 31, and 50c upon their keys, each of the five series of printing-wheels 7 7A, 82, 84, and 88 90 will be in'a position to print $11.50 upon the duplicate check which is then in printing position under said wheels.

Each printing-lever rQpk-shaft 67, 70, 73,

A75, and 77 is journaled at its left end, Fig. 1,

lines under connecting-bar 89, Fig. 1.) The in one of a series of posts 9] risin from the base of the casing 1, and has fixe upon it a rearwardly-projecting arm 92, terminatingl in a printing-hammer 93, (shown in dotted printing-hammers 93 are in the same horizontal and vertical planes and are adapted to strike under the printing-point to which the printing-points 7 7A, 82, 84, and-88 90 are set in such a manner and are wide enough as to cause the characters upon all three of said wheels to print upon the duplicate check.

.the rear of each printing-lever 69, &c., under hammer 68, for instance, and to the floor of thecasing 1 to maintain each lever in position. v

By depressing Wine printing-lever 66 arm 92, attached to Wine shaft 67, will cause the printing to occur in the Wine column on the duplicate check. Similarly, by depressing Cigars printing-lever 72 arm attached to shaft 73 will produce the same result in the Cigars column, by depressing Drinks printing-lever 74 arm attached to shaft 75 will cause the printing in the duplicate check to occur in the Drinks" column, and by depressing`Re turned printing-lever 76 arm attached to shaft 77 will produce the same result in the Returned column.

All of the printing-levers loosely mounted on the Food shaft 7 O-to-wit, the lever 69 and all the levers between 72 and 76-will print upon the duplicate check under the heading Food by means of frame 94, which is, except as to levers 66, 72, and 74,5. universal bar. This frame 94 is secured through its two side arms upon the food rock-shaft 70. The front bar 95 of this frame 94 is bentat- .96 under the levers 66 Wine, 72 Cigars," and 74 Drinks, as clearly shown in Figs'. 1 and 3, and it likewise has a bend under lever 76"Returned. Upondepressing the wine lever 66 it will, being fixed upon rock-shaft 67, cause said shaft to rock, whereby that one of the arms 92 carrying printing-hammer 93, which is attached to shaft 67 and under Wine on the duplicate check, will cause the proper figures to print in Wine column. In the case supposed, the figures 811.50 having been brought into printing position will be printed in both the checkers sheet and the duplicate check under Wine be depressing the Wine finger-key attach ed to lever 66. The operation of levers 72 Cigars, 74 Drinks, and 76 Returned is thc same as the Wine lever 66. Each oi the said le'- vers causes the yprinting to occur simultaneously in the corresponding columns in the checkers sheet and duplicate check by similar means. Thebalance of the printing-key levers lying between 74 and 76, Fig. 1,as well as the Food lever 69, are all journaled looselyupon the Food shaft 70 and are in operative position over the bar 95, which is fixed upon the Food shaft 7 0,\vl1ereby th e operation of any of the last-mentioned levers causes the printing to occur in' the checkers sheet upon the column correspondingto the lever operated and in the duplicate check upon the Food column.

I will next describe the mechanism by which I cause the printingof the article and the price to occur upon the check, Fig. 9.l

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-Each of the printing-levers 66 69 72 &c., to and including 76, has at its rear end an upj wardly-e'xtending projection 97, which lies under fingers 98, projecting from a hub 99, secured `upon rock-shaft 100, which is journ'aled in posts 101, Fig. 2, projecting from the base of casing 1. Fixed upon the rock-shaft 100 atits left end, Fig. 1, is a hub from which projects an arm 102, having at its end toothed sector 103, which meshes in the teeth of a gear-wheel 104, which has teeth for only a portion of its periphery. This gear-wheel 104 is fixed upon a sleeve 105, loosely mounted on printing-shaft 20, and to which sleeve is rigidly secured printing-wheel 106, which bears upon its periphery the names of all the articles appearing on the checkers sheet.

The fingers 98 vary in length for the different printing-levers-66 69 72 &c., that one of the arms 98 operated by printing-key lever 69 being the shortest and that one operated by the lever-7 6 the longest, as shown bydotted'lines in plan view, Fig. 1.

Figs. 2 and 3 show the forward ends of the arms 98, more clearly shown in detailin Fig. 6.

The operation of the different printing-levers'66 69, &c., will rock shaft l100 varying degrees and cause such a rotation of printingwheel 106 that the name of the article .corresponding tothe printing-lever depressed will be b1 ought into printing position.

Wheel` 107 is keyed upon printing-shaft 20 and is a printing-wheel bearing upon its pec ((1,1) (I 27,7 ((3,71 ((4,7, ((5,77 6, 7, 8, and 9 and adapted to print tens of dollars. This wheel will be revolved as the shaft 20 is revolved by the operation of the plunger 33 and Will present the same figures in position to print on tne check, as do the printing wheelsA 47 and 77a on the checkers -sheet and duplicate check, respectively.

Printing-wheel 108 is fixed u lon a sleeve revolubly mounted upon 'printing-shaft 20 and carries printing characters 1, 2, (l 37) ((4,7, (5777 6,1) ((7,77 ((8)17 ((9,77 ((077 and is adapted to print units of dollars. This wheel 108 has teeth upon a portion of its periphery into which mesh the teeth of pinion 109, keyed upon counter-shaft 79.

As plunger 35 is 'operated printing-wheels 65, 82, 84, and 108 Wilbe-correspondingly revolved 'and will present -the same characters in .v rinting position over the checkers sheet, uplicate check, and check,I respectively'- l Loosely mounted upont'h'e sleeve on printing-shaft 20, to which printing-wheel 108 is fixed,-is a printing-wheel 1 10, which is geared for a portion lof its periphery and has upon4 the balance thereof printing characters i 10, 20, 3o, 40, 50, e0, 70, so, 90, o0, adapted to printin the cents column on the check'. A The teeth on 'Wheel 110 are "in mesh with pinion 1 11, which is keyed on shaft 86.

As plunger 34 is 'operated printing-wheel 1 10 is revolved in unison with printing-Wheels 88, 90, and 57 and presents the same characters in the printing position for printing on 'thecheck as said wheels 88, 90, and 57 do for printing on the duplicate' check and checkers sheet, so that in the particular instance supposed the operation of plungers 33, 35, and 34 bearing the amounts 310, 81, and 50c will present, ready to print the amount 311.50 in the check, as well as in the duplicate check and checkers sheet, and the depression of the /Vine printing-lever '66 will have caused the word "Wine on wheel 106 to be brought to printing position. When the said word is in printing position, the carriage 3 will be held in position to print on the check by feed-rolls 5 and 6 and by spring-detent 31 entering one of the holes 32.

` A frame 112 carries a universal bar 113, which lies under all the printing-levers 69 66 72 74, &c., and 'is operated by the depression of any of said levers. This frame is fixed on shaft 114, which carries at its left end, Fig. '1,'. a rearwardly-projecting hammer-arm 115, which terminates in a printing-hammer 116,-which lies under the entire line to be printed upon in the check. Therefore the depression of the Wine printingkey lever 66 will not only bring Wine into printing position, but Will cause said word, as well as the figures 11.50, to be printed upon the check. v

Loosely mounted on shaft 100 is a series of hubs 117, having projecting cam-levers 1'18, each of which carries a pin 119, which is located underone of the projections 97 on printing-levers 66 69, &c., and each of which has a loop 120, which passes over onej-the fingers 98. Therefore as the printing-lever 69, for instance, is restored to its normal position through spring 121, shaft 114, and frame 112 it will through in 119, cam-lever 118, and-loop 120 return iiliiger 98 to its normal position andat the same time through shaft 100, arm 102, toothed sector 103, and gear 104 also restore printing-wheel 106 to its normal position. The retracting motion of spring 121 is against a counterweil ht 122, borne by arms projecting rearward y from collars 123, keyed on shaft 100, which counterweight assists in setting wheel 106.

Keyed upon shaft' 114 is one arm of a compound lever 124, the reararm 125 of which is -journaled in a post 126, attached to the base said lug, being held against it by stop 131, which engages the upper arm of pawl 129 and throws the said pawl 48 out of contact with ratchet 49 and permits the retractingspring 132 to return plunger 33, shaft 41, lever 42, rack 45 gear-wheel 46,-and printingwheels 47, 77, and 107 on printing-shaft 2-0 to normal position.

Plungers 34 and 35 are provid ed with similar retracting-springs 133 and 134, and their connected parts have similar locking means to that employed in connection with plunger 33 for locking the wheels which print tens of dollars. These can be released by rods similar to rod 127, which may be pivoted to the forward end of lever 125, but are -mitted from the drawings for the sakeof clearness.

I will next describe the feeding mechanlSm.

The checkers sheet, while shown in Fig. 8 as a chart or ticket, will actually be a continuous sheet of paper in the form of a roll,

designated 135 in Fig. 3, and the titles printed on Fig. 8 may be suitablyT inscribed upon a plate in position corresponding to the spaces occupied by the respective columns on the checkers sheet, suitably located, or they may be entirely omitted, as the spaces are indicated by the printing-lever keys 71. From roll 135, keyed on shaft 176, the checkers sheet is wound on roll 136, passing under an ordinary inked ribbon 137, such as used on type-writers, &c., and which ribbon asses under all the printing-Wheels and may be caused to feed by any of the simple feeding devices in use in type-writing machines and may be operated by the universal bar 1.13 or may be fed byhand. If desired, inking-rollers may be used instead of ink-ribbons. Y

Fixed upon the shaft 114 of the universal bar 113 are arms 138, Fig. 3, which are connected by links 139 to swinging arms 140 and .141, one of which, 141, is seen in dotted lines in Fig. 3. These Swingin arms 140 and 141 are loosely mounted on t e main feed-shaft 142, which is journaled in brackets 168, 143, and 144. Mounted between the outer ends of said swinging arms 140 is a shaft 145, upon a fixed sleeve on which is wound the printed checkers sheet. Carried by the swinging arm 141 is a pawl 146, Fig. 3, having a weighted end 147, whereby it is maintained in contact with a ratchet-wheel 148, fixed upon the main feed-shaft 142. 149 is a detent mounted on a stud screwed into bracket 144 and engaging the teeth of ratchet 148.

Upon the depression of any printing-key lever, the universal bar 113 is depressed, rocking shaft 114 and causing roll 136 to be pulled forward by vertical arm 138 and link 139. As roll 136 moves forward it is caused to revolve, being in frictional contact with friction-rollers 150, fixed on shaft 142, and the slack in the checkers sheet caused by the forward movement of the roll 136 is taken up by the revolution of said roll on friction-roll 150, which is held from rotating by detent 149. Upon the -release of the printing-key and the return movement of the printing-key lever and universal bar 113 shaft 114 will be returned to its normal position by retraction, spring 121, and arm 138 and link 139 will move roll 136 backward, and at the same time friction-rolls 150 on shaft 142 will be moved one tooth of the ratchet-wheel 148 by pawl 146, whereby a fresh line on the checkers sheet is brought to the printing-point.

Friction-rolls 150 may be composed of a metal core surrounded by a rubber Shell, and should it be found in practice that the checkers sheet is too thick on the sleeve on shaft 145 to enable it to work properly the said shaft' may be mounted in slots in the swinging arms 140 and 141 and be springheld, so as to maintain the roll 136 in proper yielding frictional contact at all times with friction-rolls 150.

' If desired, shaft 176 may be extended through the right-hand wall of casing 1 and there provided with a milled hand-wheel, and shaft 145, which will in that event be mounted in slots in arms 140 141 and spring-held against roll 150, may be provided with a handlie, such as 161, which, if necessary, may have a pin for throwing pawl 146 out of engagement with ratchet-wheel 148. By these means roll 136 may be released and wound backward upon 135, so that, if desired, the entire printed checkers sheet may be inspected through glass top 2.

The mechanism for feeding the duplicate check is illustrated in section in Fig. 7, in which 151 is the roll of blank duplicate checks mounted on a shaft 170, carried by brackets 171, projecting rearwardly from the upper part of casing 1, and 152 and 153 are frictionrolls which feed the duplicate check as desired. Roll 152 is mounted on a shaft 154, which is carried by brackets 168, one of said brackets being illustrated in Figs. 1 and 47, and the other one, which is located at the opposite end of shaft 154, notbeing shown. Shaft 155, also journaled in brackets 168, carrying friction-roll 153, has fixed upon it a spur-gear 156, (shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1,) which is driven through idler 157, carried by a pivot on bracket 168, by gear-wheel 158, fixed on main feed-shaft 142.

A shelf 159 is adapted to receive the printed duplicate checks which emerge through the casing 1 at opening 160.

It is obvious that gears 156, 157, and 158 must have such relative size that the duplicate-check will feed fast enough to cause the printed duplicate to pass outside of frictionrollers 152 and 153, so that it may be extracted from the machine after it is printed and before the next duplicate check is printed. To expedite the severing of the IOO . `from the strip of such.4 checks, ,they may'` be perforated, as shown. at Fig. 10, and torn H as printed, or a knifemay-beintrOduCed to cut them ofi` at regular intervals.

Thecheck, Fig. 9, is fed by friction-rolls 6, which are fixed upon shaft 142 and which i grip the wings or flanges 4 on carriage-'3 by means of yieldingfriction-rolls 5. Upon the feeding of the carriage 3 in position to print l a fresh line von the check the detent 31 will l emerge from one of the holes 32 and engage i the next one, thus centering the carriage and causing-the printing `to register, The check after the printing is finished emerges from the casing at 177.

Should it be desired after printingA upon the check, Fig. 9,'to again-insert the check in the machine for the purpose of .printing ar.- other item thereupon, the lower friction-rollers may be loweredout of operative position through handle161, which is attached to the arm 163, carrying oneof the frictionrollers 5,- a depressionof which handle will release=`both rollers through -shaft 162, to which the roller-carrying arms 163 are keyed. The correct position of the check for such additional printing can readily be determined by the spring-detent 31: Upon the reintroduction of the checkv it will first cause the waiters and check numbers to again print in the manner already described, and then it will be pushed rearward until the wings, or-flarges 4 strike the feed-rolls5 6, at which time the spring-detenti31 Willgenter the first of the holes 32 on the under sideof the. carriage 3. Should the additional printingbe destined to appear in the fourth line of the check, Athe handle 161 will bedepressed, so that the main feed-shaft will not be turned byv feeding inthe carriage,v which would vcause blank spaces to appear on the checkers sheet and the duplicate check, and the carriage Will be pushed in u ntil three more clicks announce that the spring-detent 31 is in the fourth hole 32, when the handle 161 may be released, and the machine is ready for operation, or, if desired, other means may be employed to indicate the position of the carriage 3 with respect to the printing-point, such asa pointer on the outside of the casing,i1 idicatir g.on a scale such position, which might-be geared upon shaft 18, which could be-extended for that purpose to the left-hand side of the machine, Fig. 1, through the casing.

It will be apparent that my machine. is adapted to print upon all three records sums varying from ten cents to ninety-nine dollars and ninety cents and that the object of arranging .the numeral-printing Wheels in sets of three is to enable the machine to print a more extended range of figures than would bepossible with a smaller number of numeral-printing Wheels in each set. Where the machine is required pto print only. suchl tion of the machine'may be much simplified, while-at ,thesame' time the main features of my invention will be preserved. The three wheels adapted to print in the price-column I call a set of wheels and the multiplication of such a set a series."

The o erationof my machine, which is aparent om the foregoing description, is as ollows: We will assume that it is desired to record an order for waiter No. 2 of oysters, the price of the-food being two dollars-and .the waiters serial check-number being 6, also that this is the first order of the day to be entered. The check, Fig. 9, will be placed upon the carriage 3 and the carriage pushed in until the notch 8 on the right-hand side of the checkencounters the finger25. The feeding forwardgof they carriage 3 will, through pinion 17, shaft 18, pinion 19, gear 165, and shaft 20, partially rotate the printing-Wheels 28 and 29, keyed on a sleeve loose on said shaft for printing the check-number, and

.the rocking of shaft 23 through finger 25 entering notch 8 in the check will cause printing-hammers on arms 26 27 to strike the under sidefof the duplicate check and checkers sheet, printing upon them the check-number 6 in the 'check-number columns. A continued feedingA in ofv carriage 3 will cause shaft 20 to further revolve until theV carriage is stoppedby finger-9 entering notch 7, at which timeA the Waiters number 2 will have been brought to printing osition on printing-Wheels 21 and 22 and willjbe caused to print 2 in the Waiters No. column on the duplicate check and checkers sheet by impact of printing-hammeron printing-levers 13 and 14, carried by rock-shaft 11, which is rocked by finger 9 on arm 10, entering notch 7 in the check. Carriage 3, carrying the check,- will then be pushed Ain until the wings or anges 4 encounter the feedrolls 5 6, at which time the spring-detent 31 will enter the first of the recesses 32-in the under side of the carriage, and the machine Willbe ready to print the other data desired. That one of the plungers 35 which bears the the designation $2 on its push-button will then bev pushed in until collar 37 strikes shoulder 40, causing toothed sector 61 to move rack 62 rearwardly and gear-wheel 63, connecting-bar64, and connected printing- Wheels 65 forwardly, bringing the figure 2 upon the wheels 65 in position to print in the units-of-dollars space upon the checkers sheet where they are locked by pawl and ratchet similar to 48 49. Simultaneously the figure 2 upon printing-wheels 108, 82, and 84 will be brought to printing position over the check and duplicate check through gearr Wheel 78, shaft 79, gears 81 and 109, and par- IOO llO

tial gears on wheels 108""and 82 and bar 83, connecting wheels 82 and 84. Inasmuch as the item under considerationcosts less than ten dollars, no operation of the plungers 33 is necessary. That one of the plungers 34 bearing on its key the figures 00" will then be pushed and will cause printing-wheels 57 to rotate so as to bring 00 to the printingpoint'over the cents-space in the checkers sheet through rod 50, arm 51, toothed sector 53, rack 54, and gear 55 and connecting-bar Simultaneously the printing-wheels 1 1 0, 88, and 90 will bring the figures 00 in position to print in the cents-column on the check and duplicate check. All of said printing-wheels will then be locked in position by a pawl and ratchet similar to 48 49.. Printing-lever bearing on its key the word Oysters, and which I will designate for convenience as 172, will then be depressed and will by its projection 97 elevate one of the fingers 98, attached to rock-shaft 100, and raise the same until the projection slips out of contact with said finger. The rocking of shaft 100 Will, through toothed sector 103 on arm 102, keyed on said shaft, and gear 104,revolvea sleeve on main printing-shaft 20, which carries printing-wheel '106. A continued depression of printing-lever 17 2 Will cause hammer 68 attached thereto to print 2.00 in the Oyster column on the checkers sheet. Simultaneously through universal bar 95 the Food shaft 70 will be rocked and its arm 92 will cause printing-hammer 93 to rint 2.00 in the Food column on the uplicate check. At the same time universal bar 113 will be depressed, rocldng shaft 114 and causing rinting-hammer 116, attached' to arm 115, fd strike the under side of the check, whereby Oysters 2.00 will be printed thereon. Upon releasing printingever 172 it will be retracted by spring 121 and by its independent spring, heretofore referred to but not shown, and will release the lock for the printing-wheels through parts similar to rod 127, bracket^128, pawl 129, lug 130 on pawl 48, and stop 131 on rod 127, operating, respectively, on pawl and ratchet 48 and 49, fixed on shafts 52 and 60, respectively, and will at the same time by the projection 97 bear upon pin 119 on cam-lever 118 and through loop 120 and finger 98 rock shaft 100, thereby returning printing-wheel 106 to normal position through arm 102, toothed sector 103, gear 104, and sleeve on shaft 20. When arm 138 on shaft 114 was moved forward by the depression of bar 113 through the depression of printing-lever 17 2, it carried forward also link 139 swinging arms 140 141, and roll 136 on shaft 145, thereby causing pawl 146 to move a tooth on ratchetwheel 148. Upon the rearward movement l from the genera of 138 and link 139 ratchet-wheel 148 will be moved the space of one of its ratchet-teeth 1 through the contact of friction-roll 150, with the printed checkerssheet-roll 136, cause the latter to feed the space of one line on the checkers sheet, thereby bringing a fresh line in printing p0- sition. The same movement of shaft 142 will, through gear-wheels 158, 157, and 156 and friction-rolls 153 and 152, remove the printed duplicate check from under its printing-wheels and cause a new duplicate check to come into printing position. At the same time rolls 6, keyed on shaft 142, will feed forward the carriage 3, carrying check, Fig. 9, by engaging wings or flanges 4 between them and rolls 5. Then it is desired to withdraw the printed check, the carriage 3 can be pushed to its vextreme rearward position and the check withdrawn through a slot in the frame, (not shown,) the lower rolls 5 being depressed by the handle 161 and causing the lugs or flanges to pass between rolls 5 and 6 without revolving feed-shaft 142. The return movement of the carriage will cause the printing-Wheels carrying the waiter and check numbers 21, 22, 28, and 29 to resume their normal positions.

In my drawings I have shown wheels bearing the printing-types, and in many of the claims I have referred to printing-Wheels, but I do not thereby wish to confine myself to the use of said wheels, as many other forms of type-carriershe. g., segments or bars-might answer. Likewise with relation by pawl 146 and will,

vto the plungers and printing levers the devices I have shown are only one method of embodying my invention, and it is obvious that many changes and modifications may be made in my a paratus without departing nature thereof, and I do not limit myself to the specic mechanism illustrated but What I claim, and Letters Patent, is-

1. In a check-printing machine, mechanism for printing desired characters on a check, mechanism for printing the same characters in any column selected by the operator in a series of vertical columns on a laterally-stationary checkers sheet, and operating means common to both said mechanisms, as set forth.

2; In a check-printing machine, mechanism for printing desired characters on a check, mechanism for printing the same characters in any column selected by the operator in a series of vertical columns on a laterally-stationary checkers sheet, mechanism for printing on the check the names of articles purchased, and operating means commonto all of said'mechanisms, as set forth.

3. In a check-printing machine, means for simultaneously printing desired characters on both a check and a checkers sheet, and

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means controlled by the check for selecting and printing check-identifying characters on said sheet, as set forth.

4. In a check-printing machine, means for printing desired characters on an original check, a duplicate check, and a checkers sheet, and means controlled by the check for selecting and printing check-identifying characters on said sheet, as set forth.

5. In a check-printing machine, means for simultaneously printing desired characters on both a check and a checkers sheet, means for printing on the check the names of merchandise purchased, and means controlled by the check for selecting and printing checkidentifying characters on said sheet, as set forth.

6. In a check-printing machine adapted to print by a single operation an original and one or more duplicate checks,` printing mechanism for each check, means for adjusting the same according to the character to be printed, and means for imprinting the seected characters on one or more checks at points thereon selected by the operator, as set forth.

7. In a check-printing machine for printing by a single operation an original and one or more duplicate checks, price-printing mechanism for each check, means for adjusting the same according to the characters to be printed, and means for im rinting the selected characters upon the uplicates at points thereon predetermined by the nature of the merchandise indicated by the original check, as set forth.

8. In a check-printing machine for printing by a single operation an original and one or more duplicate checks, price-printing mechanism for each check, means for adjusting the same according to the characters t0 be rinted, means for imprinting upon the dupIicates the selected characters at points predetermined by the nature of the merchandise indicated by the original check, and means for printing on the latter the names of such merchandise, as set forth..

9. In a check-printing machine for printing at a single operation an original and one or more duplicate checks, price-printing mechanism for each check, means for adjusting the same according to the characters to be printed, 'mechanism for printing the names of merchandise on the original check, and means for imprinting upon the duplicate checks the selected price characters in columns thereon corresponding to the names of the merchandise printed on the original check, as set forth.

10. In a check-printing machine, printing mechanisms for printing on a check the names of merchandise and the prices thereof, a plurality of price-printing mechanisms for rinting upon a checkers sheet, and means for simultaneously operating the checkprinting mechanisms and a selected sheeti printing mechanism for printing the name and Iprice of a desired article on the check and the price thereof at a selected point on the sheet, as set forth.

11. In a check-printing machine, checkprinting mechanisms for printing the names of articles and the prices thereof on a check, a plurality'of price-printing mechanisms for printing on a duplicate check and a checkers sheet, and a series of manually-actuated keylevers for simultaneously operating the checkprinting mechanisms and one each of the sheet and the duplicate-check-printing mechanisms, as set forth.

12. In a check-printing machine, printing mechanisms for operating on a check, independent printing mechanisms for operating on a checkers sheet, and means whereby the operation of one of the sheet-printing mechanisms causes a simultaneous operation of one predetermined check-printing mechanism, as set forth.

13. In a check-printing machine, printin mechanisms for operating on an origina check, a duplicate check, and a checkers sheet, and means whereby the operation of one of a plurality of sheet-printing mechanisms causes the simultaneous operation of the original check-printing mechanism and a predetermined duplicate check printing mechanism, as set forth.

14. In a check-printing machine, a vseries of sets of printing-Wheels, each set arranged to print in a articular one of a series of columns on a c eck, a second series of sets of printing-Wheels, each set arranged to print in a articular one of a series of columns on a chec {ers sheet, and a series of printing-levers each adapted to cause a particular set of sheet-printing Wheels and a particular set of check-printing Wheels to print in their corresponding columns, as set forth.

15. In a check-printing machine, a series of sets of printing-wheels, each set being arranged to print in a particular one of a series of columns on a checkers sheet, means for adjusting allA the sets of Wheels simultaneously to print as desired, and means for causing a selected set of Wheels to print, as set forth.

16. In a check-printing machine, a series of sets of printing-Wheels, each set being arranged to print in a particular one of a series of columns on a checkers sheet, means for simultaneously adjusting all the sets to print as desired, and a series of printing-levers each corresponding to a particular set of Wheels and ada ted to cause the same to print, as set fort 17. In a check-printing machine, a series of sets of printing-Wheels, each set being arranged to print in a particular one of a series ofv columns on a checkers sheet, means for locking said Wheels in desired printing posilOO IIO

tion, and means for causing a selected set of Wheels to print in its corres ondmg column, and for releasing the said loclling means after printing, as set forth.

18. In a check-printing machine, means for printing characters on a checkers sheet and a duplicate check, an independent check, a movable carriage for the independent check, operatively connected with the said printing means to adjust the same, and means controlled by the independent check for determining the extent of adjustment of the said printing means, as set forth.

19. In a check-printing machine, means for printing characters on a checkers sheet and a duplicate check, an independent check having a lateral notch, a movable carriage for the inde endent check, operatively connected With tlie saidl printing means to adjust the same, and means controlled by the lateral notch in the independent check for determining the extent of adjustment of the said printing means, as set forth.

20. In a check-printing macl1ine,printing- Wheels located in position to print a checkers sheet and a du licate check, an independent check, a movalble carriage for, the inde endent check, operatively connected Wit the said printing-Wheels to adjust the same, means controlled by the independent check for determininglthe extent of adjustment of the printing-W eels, and means for taking impressions from the printing-Wheels, as set forth.

21. In a check-printing machine, printing- Wheels located in position to print a checkers sheet and a duplicate check, an independent check, provided with recesses, a carriage for the independent check operatively connected With the rinting-Wheels to adjust the same, fingers a apted to enter the recesses in the independent check operatively connected with the type-Wheels to determine the extent of their adjustment by the carriage, and means for taking impressions from the printing-Wheels, as set forth.

22. In -a check-printing machine, a plurality of printing-Wheels arranged to print in corresponding columns on a checkers sheet, and a series of plungers operatively connected With the printing-Wheels, each plunger being adapted to shift the Wheels to a different extent, as set forth.

23. In a check-printing machine, a plurality of Wheels for printing dollars, a plurality of Wheels for printing cents, the Wheels being arranged in sets so as to print dollars and cents in a plurality of columns, a series of plungers each operatively connected With the dollarsrinting wheels, and each adapted to shift t 1e Wheels to a different extent, a similar series of plungers for the centsrinting Wheels, and means for causin a se ected set of Wheels vto print, as set fort ity of printing-i'vheels for'printing ddllais'; a

and each adapted to shift the wheels to a' different extent, a similar series of plungers for the cents-printing Wheels, means for locking the printing-Wheels in any adjusted position, and means for causing a selected group of wheels to print, as set forth.

25. In a check-printing machine, a plurality of dollars-printing wheels arranged on a common axis, a plurality of cents -printing Wheels on the same axis, a series of plungers for adjusting the dollars-printing Wheels, each plunger being adapted to adjust all the said Wheels to a different extent, a similar series of plungers for the cents-printing Wheels, means for supporting a check, a duplicate check, and a checkers sheet in position to be printed by said dollars and cents printing Wheels, and means for causing selected grou s ofA Wheels to print upon the said checl, duplicate check and checkers sheet, as set forth.

26. In a check-printing machine, a plurality of dollars-printing Wheels, a plurality of cents-printing Wheels, a series of plungers for adjusting the dollars-printing wheels, each plunger being adapted to adjust all the said Wheels to a diiferent extent, a similar series of plungers for the cents-printing wheels, means for supporting a check and a checkers sheet in posit-ion to be printed by the Wheels, a printing-Wheel arranged to print on the check the names of articles purchased, and means for causing the check to receive a price and an article imprint and for simultaneously causing a selected group of dollars and cents Wheels to print on a selected portion of the checkers sheet, as set forth.

27. In a check-printing machine, a plurality of printing devices each arranged to print IOO in a diiierent colunm on a checkers sheet,

and a series of adjusting devices each adapted to adjust all the said devices to a different extent, and means for causing the sheet to receive an imprint in any selected column, as set forth.

28. Ina check-printing machine, a plurality of printing devices arranged to print in different columns, a plurality of adjusting devices each adapted to set one of said printing devices for each colunm and each setting device being adapted to adjust its printing devices to a different extent from the adj ustment eifected'by the other setting devices, and means for causing the selected column to receive an imprint.

29. Ina check-printing machine, a plurality of printing devices arranged to print in columns on a plurality of records, means for adjusting the said devices whereby each record Will receive the same imprint, and means 65 24. In a check-printing machine, a pluralfor selecting4 the particular printing devices plesired and causing them to print, as set orth.

30. In a check-printing machine, a plurality of series of printing-Wheels, a plurality of series of setting devices `for adjusting the wheels, each series of setting devices being adapted to control a c orrespondingseries of Wheels and each setting device being adapted to adjust all the Wheels of its series' to a difier-v ent extent from the other series, means controlled by the operation of the setting devices for locking the Wheels in adjusted position, and means for returning the Wheels to normal position, as set forth.

31. In a check-printing machine, mechanism for printing onA an original check, a duplicate checlgpand a checkers sheet,`a Waiters number and the check-number, mechanism for printing on' the check the names and prices of articles, means Jfor printing on the checkerssheet the prices of the articles, and means operatively connected with the'nameprinting me'c'hanismfor Alocating the price imprints on the Acheckers sheet the columns appropriated to the res pective'articles, as set forth.

32; In checkeprintin'g machine, mechanisniffr ona check the lnames of articles` an' the prices thereof, and mechanism operatively connectedv with the naineprintf ingl mechanism for selecting on a checks sheet the columns appropriated to the respective articles and printing in such columns the prices of the articles, as set forth. A 33. In a check-printing machine, a series of printing devices, a series of printing-levers indicating dii'lerent articles, each lever correspondng to one of the series of printing devices, and a series of rinting-hammers actuated by the printing-levers, whereby eachlever Will cause its particular printing devices to print, as set forth. V y

34. In a check-printing machine, a plurality of printing devices adapted to print a checkers sheet and a duplicate check, a series of printing-levers indicating dile-rent articles, printing-hammers operated by certain of said levers and arranged t0 cause the checlers sheet to receive impressions, independent pr'inting-hammers operated by others of the said levers and arranged to causethe duplicate check to receive impressions, and a commonA printing-hammer in similar relation operated by the rest of the said levers', as setforth. l Y

In testimony whereof I hereunto atlix' my signature in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses. OSCAR EL BRIGHAM. Witnesses: l Y

AnoLPn F.D1Nsn, OL C. WINGE. l 

